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"Jay" Tara felt her heart wared

"So, are you staying with hi to find out if I’d spoken to you?"

Tara nodded "I’ on the boat with hi hi the summer while Jay works on a renovation for him"

"Where?"

"I’d rather not say"

"You don’t trust me?"

"It’s not that It’s just, I don’t want you to have to lie to Mohed "Fair enough" She paused for a moment "So what’s the plan?"

"Plan?"

"Youit one day at a tiet to know him better"

"But you can’t just live like that Sooner or later, Mom and Dad will cut off your funds to force you to come back"

"For that I have a plan I applied for a job I haven’t heard back yet, but I’et an interview And once they see my portfolio, they’ll just have to hire me!"

At least Paul had been impressed when she’d sent him the portfolio to forward to Hannon Boats And he’d been sure she’d hear back in a couple of days with details of an interview

"And then I’ll be financially independent, and Mo I don’t want to"

"I hope it works out" Veronica sure out a way of getting Mohts on Even if that man doesn’t fit their view of a perfect husband"

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Jay couldn’t believe that he’d already spent six nights with Tara in his arh of her It wasn’t just that sex with Tara was passionate and utterly satisfying, but he felt comfortable with her When he came back to the boat after the day at the construction site, she welcomed him with such open joy that he wondered what it would be like to be greeted like this every day of his life

They’d spent the last few days like a couple on their honey at the construction site, leaving eachthe late afternoon He conducted whatever business he needed to take care of for his co that he couldn’t talk openly on the boat while Tara was staying with him He wasn’t ready to tell her who he was He needed more time before he could broach the subject of his real identity with Tara It was odd though, how close he felt to her, closer than he’d ever felt to Deborah, even though they’d dated er